Author Archives: David E. Frank

An insurance company did not have to cover the cost of a racketeering lawsuit involving the construction of shopping centers containing Walmart stores, in part because the policyholder failed to notify the insurer about the complaint “as soon as practicable,” ...

When the New England Patriots kick off the 2014 season in September, it’s a virtual certainty that the legal troubles of former tight-end Aaron Hernandez will be far from over. To date, Hernandez is the subject of a Bristol County ...

Lawyers in the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev case appeared in court Feb. 12 for the first time since the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would seek the death penalty against the accused Boston Marathon bomber. While the headlines from the ...

Lawyers involved in the marathon bombing case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will return to court Wednesday for the first time in three months. A lot has changed since the last court appearance on Nov. 12, most notably the fact that lawyers ...

The parties Plaintiff John E. Bradley Jr. was an assistant district attorney in Plymouth County for 19 years until he was let go on Sept. 28, 2012, three days after securing a guilty verdict in a murder trial. Bradley is ...

Note: Following the online publication of this story Hank Naughton Jr. announced that he was dropping out of the Attorney General’s race and instead focusing on re-election to his seat in the House of Representatives. If state Rep. Harold “Hank” ...

A week after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a certiorari request from former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, his lawyer, Thomas R. Kiley, says the time has come for him to focus on his client’s worsening medical condition. DiMasi’s appeal ...

Change is in the air at the Department of Industrial Accidents, but those in charge insist it has nothing to do with any of the well-documented problems plaguing the agency. A Dec. 30 story in Lawyers Weekly reported on an ...

It’s a 21st century nightmare for any lawyer — but particularly for one like Richard A. Goren, who had just left the security of a downtown firm to open his own shop in Boston. In Goren’s case, the nightmare began ...